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LW · Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

$53.67 -0.30% Oct 26 close
Detected setup Trend Only · Setup Score 69/100

Stand aside — setup invalidated

Setup score 69, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.

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Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. is a mid-cap Food: Specialty/Candy company in the Consumer Non-Durables sector with a market cap of $7B.

Consumer Non-Durables Food: Specialty/Candy stock Stage 2 · Advancing Base 2
$53.67 latest close
Market Structure
Trend structure: uptrend
Latest event: structure_shift (bullish)
Support 42.61–42.74 · 4 touches · moderate
Support 46.50–46.82 · 4 touches · moderate
Support 39.60–39.79 · 3 touches · moderate
Support 41.23–41.52 · 3 touches · moderate
Support 44.57–44.71 · 3 touches · moderate
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Verdict · setup score 69/100 · data Oct 26 close · latest session

Stand aside — setup invalidated

Setup score 69, but distribution days reach 5 or more — stand aside until the condition resets.

Review six verdicts Inspect chart
Recent price action · daily
$50.00AugSepOct$53.67

What would change this verdict

What needs to turn for this to become buyable — the top failing checks across the legend council:

  • Minervini 1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85) — RS rank 50
  • Minervini 2. Quarterly EPS growth ≥ 25% — From SEPA scan
  • O'Neil L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership) — RS rank 50
  • O'Neil C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%
  • Weinstein Volume expansion above average — Volume ratio 0.48x
  • Weinstein Relative strength ≥ 60 — RS 50
Minority view — the council disagrees here
  • Minervini: watch Trend-template read: 6/10 pass; wait for the soft misses to improve.
  • O'Neil: avoid CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
  • Weinstein: watch Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 3 supporting checks need improvement.
60 Neutral
Legend Score · rates the stock Neutral (60/100) — held back by quality (smr-like)

Our proprietary 0-100 rating — the answer to Wall Street's black-box scores. Five pillars, each computed from real scan data, each explained below in plain English.

  • Relative Strength (25%) 50
  • Trend Template (25%) 88
  • Institutional Footprint (20%) 68
  • EPS Growth (15%) 50
  • Quality (SMR-like) (15%) 30

RS rank 50: middle of the pack — no leadership yet. Trend template 7/8: price above rising 50/150/200-day lines — textbook uptrend structure. Institutional score 68: mild accumulation. No recent earnings growth data — scored neutral. Quality 30: weak fundamentals (sales growth 30). Updated 2026-10-27.

Earnings

Normal technical setup

Next earnings Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Report time not confirmed by the source

Deterministic evidence

LW-0.30%
Sector proxy · XLP-0.34%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
Same completed session window ending 2026-10-26. LW was +0.04 points vs XLP. -1.01 points vs SPY.

Session internals Weak

Rule: closed flat-to-down and in the bottom third of the range. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.

Vs prior close-0.30% From the open-0.22% Range position26% GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationDiverging (+1.11%) SMH confirmationDiverging (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -1 points.
  • QQQ, SMH moved against the stock — no index confirmation.
Price bars, sourced event fields, and benchmark math only. This can adjust displayed short-term conviction; it does not change the stored scanner score or readiness.

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Price $53.67 -0.3% Oct 26 close
52W High $67.07 20.0% below high
Wks Since High 50w
Base Depth 42.2% 43.9% today
RS Rank 13 percentile of scan
SMA 50 $49.85
Avg Vol 2,095,611
Rel Vol (Oct 26) 0.48× 2.35× on up days
More stats
52W Low $37.62
Tight Wks 0
Base B2
SMA 200 $46.36
RS Line vs High -28.5%
RS Line Slope +23.8% ▲
Group Rank #41/66
ADR% 4.0%
ATR(14) $1.83 (3.4%)
Vol Pace (live) N/A
A/D Days 12A / 2D
A/D Rating A+
VDU Bars 0/10 d
Power Trend 4d
Earnings past
Position in 52-week range 54thpercentile of the 52-week range
$37.62low
$67.07high

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Technical Analysis Report Card

$LW · $53.67 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
82
/ 100
Technicals 82/100
Reference read from price & volume only — the verdict at the top of the page decides the action.

Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly

Daily ▲ Recovering / early uptrend
Weekly ▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly ▬ Sideways / consolidating

Moving Averages

50-day$49.85 ↑
100-day$48.79 ↑
200-day$46.36 ↑
Bullish (50 > 200)

RSI (14)

Reading61.6 · Bullish

Bullish momentum — comfortably in buyer territory.

MACD (12/26/9)

StateBullish
Histogram+0.528

Bullish — MACD above its signal line and above zero. Histogram contracting.

Bollinger Bands (20,2)

%B / Width72% · 37.3%

Mid-band — no directional band edge in play.

Volume · Buyer vs Seller

Up/Down vol2.35 · Accumulation
Rel volume0.48×
Pocket pivots · 10d3
5d vs 50d vol89%
Heavy vol up / down9 / 0

Accumulation — volume is concentrated on up days; buyers dominate. Recent volume is expanding versus its baseline.

  • Pocket pivot 2 sessions ago — up-day volume beat every down day of the prior 10 sessions.
  • 9 heavy-volume up days vs 0 down in the last 20 sessions.

Support & Resistance

R · $55.70swing level
R · $67.0752-week high
Price · $53.67now
S · $51.19swing level
S · $45.03swing level
S · $43.31swing level

Fibonacci · Uptrend swing

23.6%$52.03
38.2%$49.76
50.0%$47.93
61.8%$46.10
78.6%$43.49

Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.

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Daily uptrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bullishVolume accumulation
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Legend Verdicts 6 methodology checks

Who would consider this setup, why it qualifies, and what blocks it — calculated from the same deterministic methodology rules used across Legend AI.
How to read the numbers: the setup score (69/100, in the verdict band) rates this trade setup. Each legend's A–D grade rates the same setup against that legend's own checklist — so a high score next to a C grade is not a contradiction. The setup can be strong without fitting that legend's style. When the council disagrees, the verdict band breaks the tie.

Council consensus: 7 of 9 legends are Watching — building, not yet a confirmed buy.
Minervini Watch C Trend-template read: 6/10 pass; wait for the soft misses to improve.
Passing evidence
1.1 Price > 150-day MA AND 200-day MAPrice $53.67, MA150 $46.70, MA200 $46.36
1.2 150-day MA > 200-day MAMA150 $46.70 vs MA200 $46.36
Failing evidence
1.8 RS rank ≥ 70 (prefer ≥ 85)RS rank 50
2. Quarterly EPS growth ≥ 25%From SEPA scan
6/10 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
O'Neil Avoid D CANSLIM read: fails C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%.
Passing evidence
S: Base tightness (ATR% ≤ 4.5%)ATR% 3.41%
Failing evidence
L: RS rank ≥ 80 (IBD leadership)RS rank 50
C: Quarterly EPS acceleration ≥ 25%Data unavailable
1/8 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Weinstein Watch C Stage-analysis read: Stage 2 is present; 3 supporting checks need improvement.

mediumClassic Stage 2 advancing phase — strong weekly trend confirms uptrend. This is Weinstein's sweet spot: buy and hold while price remains above the 30-week MA.

Passing evidence
Stage 2 (Advancing phase) confirmedStage 2 (Advancing)
Price above 30-week MA (200-day proxy)Price $53.67 vs MA200 $46.36
Failing evidence
Volume expansion above averageVolume ratio 0.48x
Relative strength ≥ 60RS 50
4/7 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
dennis Watch C Turtle read: no Donchian signal. The system stays flat until price takes out the 20-day high.
Passing evidence
No breakdown below the 20-day channel20-day low $40.65
Volatility-unit sizing (1N ≈ 1% of equity)1N = $1.80 (3.35% of price); the Turtles size 1 unit so a 1N move ≈ 1% of equity, making the 2N stop ≈ 2% equity risk
Failing evidence
S1: 20-day Donchian breakoutNot confirmed
S2: 55-day Donchian breakoutNot confirmed
5/7 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
zanger Avoid D Zanger read: a hard gate is broken — either the pattern is not one of his six, or the entry is more than 5% past the breakout. He would not touch this.
Passing evidence
Partial-profit plan: sell 20-30% at +15-20%Scale 20-30% at $61.72-$64.40; trail the rest
Trail on the 10/20-day MA10-day MA $53.58 · 20-day MA $49.68 — exit the remainder on a close below the trail
Failing evidence
Named Zanger pattern onlyTrend Only is not one of Zanger's six
Not extended (≤5% above the breakout point)Data unavailable
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
zweig Watch D Zweig read: part of his screen passes but not all: Insider buying; Price strength (RS ≥ 70) — wait for the full growth screen before treating this as a Zweig setup.
Passing evidence
Reasonable price for the growth (P/E ≤ 35)Trailing P/E 25.8x — no PEG or forward P/E stored
Breadth momentum: 10-day A/D ratio10-day A/D 1.18 (2050 adv / 1742 dec) — participation expanding
Failing evidence
Insider buyingNo insider buying flagged
Price strength (RS ≥ 70)RS score 50 — Zweig buys strength, not bargains
3/8 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Livermore Watch B Pivotal-point read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$53.67
Distance from 52-week high20.0% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 50
Volume vs average0.48x
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Darvas Watch B Box-theory read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$53.67
Distance from 52-week high20.0% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 50
Volume vs average0.48x
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Wyckoff Watch B Supply-and-demand read: constructive evidence is present, but relative strength is unresolved.
Passing evidence
Price$53.67
Distance from 52-week high20.0% below high
Failing evidence
Relative strengthRS 50
Volume vs average0.48x
3/6 checks
Method → Playbook → Ask →
Base & Breakout
Breakout follow-through

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RS Line vs SPY 52-week relative strength · blue = RS line · dashed = MA50 · dot = NH ▲ Rising
72RS Line (52W)
Accumulation / Distribution last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol Net -1 A+
A: 17 D: 18 Net: -165 sessions
Minervini · Grade Card
Fundamentals & leadership quality — Minervini’s published criteria · 2/7 met
C 2/7 criteria
Separate score from the Minervini Trend Template (7/8): the Trend Template grades the price structure, this grades the company & leadership (earnings, sales, margins, RS rank). A stock can ride a clean trend while its fundamentals lag, so the two often differ by design — they are not the same checklist.
✗ EPS acceleration ≥25% QoQ —
✗ Revenue growth ≥20% YoY +2%
✗ Gross margin ≥30% —
✗ ROE ≥17% —
✗ RS rating ≥80 (leadership) 50
✓ Stage 2 uptrend (Weinstein) Stage 2
✓ Within 25% of 52W high -20.0%

Method Playbook

Trade it like Darvas EXACT LEVELS · PRO
Darvas B · Watch — The deterministic methodology check is Watch; wait for the failing or incomplete criteria to improve before the trigger can qualify.
Pivot
Pro level
Published-method rule: Use the top of the active Darvas box near the high as the mechanical breakout boundary.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Entry trigger
Pro level
Published-method rule: Require price to clear the box top with volume confirmation; movement inside the box remains observation, not a trigger.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Initial stop
Pro level
Published-method rule: Start below the active box support or the canonical structural stop that proves the breakout failed.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Trail
Rule-based
Published-method rule: As higher boxes form, raise the stop beneath the newest confirmed box floor; the stop moves up only.
Evidence: Planned management rule; no stored stop or broker order is changed automatically.
Exit / invalidation
Pro level
Published-method rule: Exit when price breaks the active box floor or decisively falls back through the breakout structure.
Evidence: Canonical setup geometry is available with Pro.
Deterministic educational plan, not a recommendation. No order or stop is changed automatically. Method and sources →

Forming Patterns (predictive — not confirmed)

Cup & Handle bullish near confirmation
90% built

Cup complete, possible handle forming — watch for a quiet 5-15 bar drift on light volume holding above ~48.17 (mid-cup), then a breakout through ~55.44 on strong volume.

Pivot Watch 3.19% away
Tightness / volume Tightening · No VDU
Recent-pace band 1–4 sessions
Confirms above 55.44
Invalidates at 48.17
Rim 55.70
Cup Low 40.65
Pivot 55.44
Mid Cup 48.17

Cup depth 27%, recovery 87%, handle=forming

Predictive pattern recognition is educational — most forming structures never confirm. Wait for the confirmation level before treating this as a setup.

Pattern Analysis

Trend Only
69 setup score
RS Score 50
Trend template 7/8
Why This Setup? D+W Confluence
Trend Only · schematic

Gatekeeper 7/8 | Strong trend (7/8) | Volume drying up (bullish) | Accumulation (2.4× up/dn vol) | Stage 2

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The Universal Edge Check · context only

What the setup still has going for it, recorded for later. The verdict above stands — these principles do not overrule it.

1/7 universals met
  • A relative-strength leader — not met RS rank 13 — laggard
  • Clear of earnings — not met in -21 days — event risk
  • Risk is defined — not met No stop — undefined risk
  • Asymmetric reward — partly met No target set
  • Not chasing (in range) — partly met Pivot distance unknown
  • Volume confirms — partly met 0.5× average — light
  • In a confirmed uptrend — met Stage 2 · Trend template 7/8
Why these seven? → The Universal Edge

Minervini Trend Template

7/8

Grades the price structure — moving-average stacking, distance from the 52-week high/low, and relative strength above the ≥70 uptrend bar. This is the technical trend check; the company's fundamentals and ≥80 RS leadership are scored separately in the Grade Card.

Price above SMA 150 & 200 $53.67 vs SMA150 $46.70 / SMA200 $46.36
SMA 150 above SMA 200 SMA150 $46.70 vs SMA200 $46.36
SMA 200 trending up Slope +0.16 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200 SMA50 $49.85
Price above SMA 50 $53.67 vs SMA50 $49.85
30%+ above 52-week low +42.7% from $37.62
Within 25% of 52-week high -20.0% from $67.07
RS score above 70 RS 50

Fundamentals

52W Range
54%
Mkt Cap SEC
7.4B
Rev YoY
+2%
EPS TTM
$2.08
P/E TTM
25.8x
Float
138M
Insider
No Buy

Company

Company profile
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
LW · NYSE · Consumer Non-Durables · Food: Specialty/Candy
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Weekly Context

Multi-timeframe signals from weekly bars
W. Trend
7/8
W. RS
57
W. Support
$40.16
W. Resist
$55.70
W. Patterns
Symmetrical Triangle Record Volume
Weekly Structure

Scan History

20× streak
Oct 23: 64 (Wyckoff SOS)Oct 23: 65 (Trend Only)Oct 26: 55 (Wyckoff SOS)Oct 27: 69 (Trend Only)Oct 27: 69 (Trend Only)69
Oct 27
Trend Only ✓ Gate
69
Oct 27
Trend Only ✓ Gate
69
Oct 26
Wyckoff SOS ✓ Gate
55 0.0%
Oct 23
Trend Only ✓ Gate
65 -0.3%
Oct 23
Wyckoff SOS ✓ Gate
64 -0.3%

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